Morgan–Mullen conjecture on primitive completely normal elements
Morgan–Mullen conjecture on primitive completely normal elements
Let be a finite field extension. The extension possesses the MM property if it contains an element that is primitive and completely normal. Morgan–Mullen conjecture. Every finite field extension possesses the MM property. This conjecture asks for primitive elements that are simultaneously normal over every intermediate field. It combines the Primitive Normal Basis Theorem with the Completely Normal Basis Theorem; the source presents it as a conjecture of Morgan and Mullen, with its resolution status not established here.
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Primary source
Theodoulos Garefalakis and Giorgos Kapetanakis, “Translates of completely normal elements and the Morgan-Mullen conjecture”, arXiv:2509.23245 (2025).
Additional references
3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1811.00896, arXiv:1709.03141.
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